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Open AccessA machine-learning regional clustering approach to understand ventilator-induced lung injury: a proof-of-concept experimental study
The spatiotemporal progression and patterns of tissue deformation in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) remain understudied. Our aim was to identify lung clusters based on their regional mechanical behavior...
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Tuning the properties of polycaprolactone-based fibers by using polyethylene oxide / polycaprolactone block copolymers
Biocompatible polymers bearing hydrolyzable groups such as polyesters are a source of raw materials to prepare common and specific materials, due to their degradability properties under mild conditions; for in...
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Open AccessExtrapyramidal adverse events and anticholinergics use after the long-term treatment of patients with schizophrenia with the new long-acting antipsychotic Risperidone ISM®: results from matching-adjusted indirect comparisons versus once-monthly formulations of Paliperidone palmitate and Aripiprazole monohydrate in 52-week studies
Risperidone ISM® is a newly developed long-acting injectable (LAI) treatment for schizophrenia in adults. In the absence of head-to-head comparisons with other similar antipsychotics, the objective of this study ...
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Open AccessMRI findings prior to return to play as predictors of reinjury in professional athletes: a novel decision-making tool
Because MRI has shown great accuracy in assessing acute muscle injuries, identification of risk factors for reinjury before return to play (RTP) in professional athletes during the healing process could be ver...
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Open AccessDeletion patterns, genetic variability and protein structure of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3: implications for malaria rapid diagnostic test in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Although rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria-control strategies, their efficacy has been threatened by deletion and genetic variability of the genes pfhrp2/3. This study aims to characterize ...
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Influence of the invariant refraction assumption in studies of formulas for monofocal and multifocal intraocular lens power calculation
To assess the influence in paired design studies of formulae comparison for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation of using a single formula for deciding the implanted power with monofocal (mIOL) and multifo...
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Synthesis and Theoretical Study of New Guanylated Cyclophosphazenes and Their Use in the CO2 Fixation into Styrene Carbonate
Three new guanylated cyclophosphazenes G1–G3 have been synthesized through the catalytic guanylation of three different bi, tetra and hexa (p-aminophenoxy)-cyclophosphazenes by using N,N’-diisopropylcarbodiimide ...
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Audio Features Extraction to Develop a Child Activity Recognition Model Using Support Vector Machine to Monitoring Security in a Smart City
Children activity recognition and classification is a subject of novel interest on which different works have been presented, where the data source used to classify the activities is determinant to define the ...
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Posterior capsular opacification evaluation through contrast sensitivity defocus curves with two multifocal intraocular lenses of similar material
To assess the degree of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) and its influence on contrast sensitivity defocus curve (CSDC) after implantation of two trifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs), Alsafit (AT) and Libe...
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Global multi-site, prospective analysis of cataract surgery outcomes following ICHOM standards: the European CAT-Community
To evaluate in a large sample of patients from 10 different European centers the results of cataract surgery, characterizing the relationship between patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and clinician-reported ou...
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Agreement between subjective and predicted high and low contrast visual acuities with a double-pass system
To evaluate the agreement between subjective high and low contrast visual acuity (VA) and predicted values from double-pass system measurements in healthy candidates to laser refractive surgery.
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Hybrid optimization routing management for autonomous underwater vehicle in the internet of underwater things
Internet of Underwater Things (IoUTs) is completely embraced by acoustic sensor nodes that are commonly battery consumption. The sensor’s battery life is restricted and it is problematic while it needs to rech...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of once-monthly Risperidone ISM® in schizophrenic patients with an acute exacerbation
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Risperidone ISM® against placebo in patients with acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted betwee...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Almonte Viaduct: Design Principles and Structural Monitoring
The high-speed rail line between Madrid and Extremadura, crosses over River Almonte with a great 384 m arch made of high-performance concrete. The exceptional dimensions of the arch and the specific considerat...
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Open AccessPositive end-expiratory pressure improves elastic working pressure in anesthetized children
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been demonstrated to decrease ventilator-induced lung injury in patients under mechanical ventilation (MV) for acute respiratory failure. Recently, some studies have...
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Agreement and repeatability of objective systems for assessment of the tear film
To assess the agreement and repeatability of two objective systems for measuring the tear film stability.
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Open AccessCan the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes?
Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on survival, on reproductive success, on sexually selected ornament, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences, such as chang...
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Preparation of Amyloidogenic Aggregates from EF-Hand β-Parvalbumin and S100 Proteins
Proteins containing EF-hand helix-loop-helix-binding motifs play essential roles in calcium homeostasis and signaling pathways. These proteins have considerable structural and functional diversity by virtue of...
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Map** Amyloid Regions in Gad m 1 with Peptide Arrays
Amyloid formation is basically featured by a protein-protein interaction in which the reacting regions are the segments assembling into cross β-sheets. To identify these segments both theoretical and experimen...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recent Developments in Concrete Arch Bridges
Arenas & Asociados has a special relationship with concrete arch bridges since Professor Arenas founded the company in 1999. This abstract tries to synthetize the evolution of concrete performance and arch br...
